Plain speaking, please!

'The Queens English' is technically called 'received pronunciation' or RP. It used to be the BBC standard. Long dismissed luckily. Just listen to the strange strangled vowels of old films to remind yourselves of what it sounded like. Even the Queen has changed the way she speaks to move with the times.

I sat here this morning reading all your posts, thank you for a humorous half hour, I agreed with all, especially Jane10. It made me realise I have turned into my mum which happens to us all at some point. I'm still smiling. As mum used to say "speak the Queens English" are we asking to much?

Unbelievable!! I'm ashamed of you Grans. I thought you'd all understand that language and how it is used verbally mutates over time and to reflect changing mores. Otherwise we'd all still be grunting along like stone age people!! Mind you I expect even stone age Grans complained about young people and how they spoke!!

Robert Peston talks good sense if you can get past his way of speaking. It’s not so much the pronounciation that riles me as the actual garbage so many spout.

I think social media has lot to do with exaggerated pronunciation because elongated words are spelled out to emphasise them – sooooo fun (hateful expression) – and hyperbole is rife – X has broken the internet with her/his post.

How about ‘very unique’. Makes me incandescent!

Congradulations is one I hear quite a lot.

I must be even grumpier then because I get so irritated by the poor diction, lack of grammar and slang used by TV presenters that I have to switch off. To add to your list Bridgeit, I loathe the continual misuse of the words:-
literally; really; so; basically... and I could go on.
Many presenters seem incapable of saying the word 'here' correctly. They say 'he' instead. Many people can't seem to pronounce the g on the ends of words ending in ing, so they say postin', huntin', fishin', and it isn't to do with their accent. It's just laziness. Today I heard a presenter mis pronounce the word 'communal'. Grrrrrrrrrr!!!

How about going for a walk or reading a book or knitting a scarf instead?

Perhaps they've been taking lessons from Robert Peston. I find him difficult to listen to.

Who wants to be normal ? My almost 16 year old GS started calling me his Daft Granny as soon as he could talk ,when we asked him what he called his other granny he said well she's just my normal granny .Normal granny wasn't happy at being normal,its a bit bland, she said

What is 'normal'?! I always worry about people using this term. One person's 'normal' is another's bete noir.
It's the same when people start using the phrase 'right thinking people'.

I'd be happy if the announcers would stop the ridiculous exaggerations when promoting TV shows . Just today I've been assured by an hysterical announcer that "You'll NEVER forget this episode !" and " It's the MOST POPULAR programme on TV !!". I do wish I could make up my own mind to watch a TV show without this overkill.

Good advice Esspee, ? ?

Don't watch them Bridgeit, there's so much rubbish on these days I find myself watching the TV less and less.
Feel free to be a grumpy old woman though, we have earned the right!